Rebirth of the big era of online games

Chapter 268 Some Notes

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Chapter 271 Game planning is not that simple

If most of the suggestions put forward by the company's management are nonsense, then the game planning proposal submitted by the game planning department is pure rubbish.

In this internal reorganization of Boiling Network, all other departments have been upgraded, but the game planning department, which was previously valued, has become a spectator.

This department was not only merged into the technical department together with the game research and development department, but also became a subordinate of the game research and development department. It was only given the establishment of a planning team, and the person in charge was Xiaodao, a veteran of the company.

In a game development company, the planner is the initiator of the requirements, and also the follower of the implementation of the requirements. The planner is responsible for the final result, and it is often the planner who can become a game producer.

In previous idol dramas such as "A Slight Smile is Alluring", "Later Us", "The Pretty Sister Who Often Treats Me to Dinner" and other idol dramas, game planning was the standard job for the male lead!

As long as you say that you are a game planner, you are synonymous with money, high IQ, and quality!
Emmmmmmm...these are all true.

But now in Boiling Company, game planning seems to be a job that grandma doesn't love and uncle doesn't like. Many programmers and artists feel that these people have nothing to do all day long, so they like to make trouble for them. The reputation is very bad.

Of course Xiaodao was very unconvinced about this!
I won’t talk about the importance of game planning, only qualifications.

The guys who entered the company at the same time were promoted one by one, and all of them were at the level of department heads, and they would be the bosses of the company in the future.

These people manage dozens or even hundreds of employees, and Xiaodao's game planning team, including him, has a total of 7 members. His current level is only a team leader.

That's all, the key is that all the planning is now just following Fang Jie's "Legend" game plan, working step by step as a tool, and offending people everywhere, and the project plan they racked their brains, currently only Put it in a drawer to eat ashes.

Therefore, Xiaodao decided to talk to Lord Tianshen for a good talk.

But he is not stupid. Before asking for an explanation, he asked the planners under his banner to show him all the plans they had worked out, and then threw them on Fang Jie's desk: "Boss, our planning team also has ideas." !"

Of course, this "idea" has two meanings, one is the creative idea of ​​the project, and the other is the opinion on the company's arrangement.

After Fang Jie roughly scanned these plans, he cursed directly: "Trash!"

"This……"

Xiaodao was hit hard immediately, and quite dissatisfied.

"Not convinced, are you?"

Fang Jie took out several planning books from a bunch of planning cases, pointed to them and said, "These are all martial arts game planning cases, which are the planning content that you are most familiar with and are best at, but they are all done in the same way. , and some even directly copied the content of Jin Yong’s novels. This kind of game planning can’t be done by just any player, and you professionals are still needed?”

Xiaodao muttered: "Jin Yong's martial arts online game, of course we have to learn from the novel..."

Fang Jie said: "Borrowing is not the same as copying. If you don't have your own innovation, don't have a deep understanding of the culture and dig out solutions, just change the name according to the novel, or change the name, and then copy the game system framework of "Wulin", I can write hundreds of game plans like this at will.”

As he said that, Fang Jie randomly picked up a planning book and opened it. According to the catalog, he turned to the setting of the game's professional school. After a glance, he continued: "For example, the Wudang school you set up has all kinds of martial arts skills. , but is there really nothing to dig?"

"For example: Taijiquan, the core philosophy is Taoist Taiji theory. Then the moves, special effects, related tasks, corresponding meridians... etc. settings of this skill, why not further expand and extend according to the philosophy of Taiji, and do it Come out with something with its own characteristics? Is it possible to name a certain karate skill as Tai Chi, even if the plan is completed?"

Seeing Xiaodao's expression of enlightenment, Fang Jie knew that the other party didn't understand him at all.

Some cognitions are not something that others can quickly understand after just saying it. Only those half-baked people think they understand, but in fact they still don't understand.

So Fang Jie had no choice but to reorganize the language and said: "Take Taijiquan as an example. First of all, this martial arts skill, whether it is the moves or the special effects of the skill, you have to describe and refine it in detail. But this is only the most superficial layer of game planning. .”

"Second level, you have to consider the martial arts system of Taijiquan, which should also conform to the core idea of ​​Taijiquan, so how should it be designed specifically, and there must be refined settings. For example, what should be the corresponding inner strength, heart method, and meridians? Yes, it’s not that you can learn it directly after paying homage to a teacher and buying a cheat book, which is very superficial, and everyone can design it, so you need to plan it?”

"The third level, you have to think about the Wudang School's cultural background, novel background and era background, and then lead to more game content and gameplay. For example, the school's clothing, level, architectural style, NPC image, etc... ..."

"These are the skins, which can be summed up simply as: the appearance of the game."

"The fourth level, as a game planner, you need to consider the historical background, cultural background, economic background, and social background of this martial arts game. If you want to refer to the background of Jin Yong's martial arts novels, it is not impossible, but why not make this more More detailed? Jin Yong’s novels are also written based on these backgrounds, but they can’t cover everything, and martial arts games can be further explored independently!”

"On the fifth level, you should also figure out the philosophical thoughts and social ideologies behind these backgrounds."

Speaking of this, Fang Jie picked up another game planning case: "This is a science fiction game planning case. Its background setting is that after 1 years, mankind has entered the era of interstellar wars, and one of the human forces set it as It is composed of Chinese descendants. Then I have to ask, what is the ideology of this Chinese force? What are the aesthetics, technological views, and values?"

"These concepts have directly affected every aspect of this faction. For example, warship shape, color, performance, technology tree direction, sphere of influence, mission form, and gameplay features should all have their own characteristics and should inherit traditional Chinese culture and philosophy. , and at the same time the impact of historical changes..."

"However, I haven't seen these settings! After 1 years, Huaguo will still have the same ideology as it is now? How is it possible? Let alone 1 years, it will be very different in 20 years! 1 years Finally, there can also be Wudang School, and the core philosophy is still Taiji, but it is definitely not what I just said about Wudang School, these are the contents that you need to think about and explain clearly in your planning!"

At the end, Fang Jie looked at Xiao Dao coldly: "If you want to make a good plan and get the attention of the company, you must first recharge your batteries! If you want to plan martial arts online games, you must first figure out what martial arts is. , what are the core concepts of each sect, and what are the traditional Chinese culture and philosophical thoughts! If you want to make a sci-fi online game, first deduce all the historical and corresponding factors before talking about it!"

"In short, in my opinion, the plans you have submitted so far are all rubbish! You planners didn't bother with the design at all. You thought that you could design a project after reading a few novels and playing a few games. This game is coming out, it's a joke in the world, it's not bad if you don't scold you all ignorant rubbish."

"These plans can all be thrown into the trash can. Go back and think it over before redoing it! I'll give you half a year, if you can't do it, get out!"

(End of this chapter)